Honiton grind out a win at home

Honiton first bounced back form their defeat in Cornish last week with what can only be described as a “ground out” win against a tough Bude side.
In perfect rugby playing conditions Honiton had first use of the infamous Allhallows slope and to be fair they started much the brighter side and really in the first ten minutes they should have scored three tries that all went begging because of wrong options or dropped balls. However as the game wore on the Bude side seemed to get the journey out of them system and started to put some phase together and Honiton had difficulty getting their hands on the ball.
It was Bude who scored first with a well struck on the 20minutes mark and as the game wore on a dubious decision by the ref in midfield enabled them to kick to the corned and from the ensuing maul they rumbled over and kicked the extras to be 10-0 after 30 minutes.
The Lacemen bounced back when a good team try that was finished of by Ben Webber and with his three week injury lay off behind him, he added the extras.
Honiton turned round 10-7 down with a bit of work to do as things were clearly not going all their own way. The second half was really stale mate in terms of possession and neither side looked like scoring a try. Webber broke the deadlock on 27 minutes with a well struck penalty and that levelled the score. It looked like that was going to be it but in the last five minutes a wayward line out from the visitors dropped into the arms of player coach Jason Hannay and off he cantered from the ten metre like and with a couple of hand off he just managed to make the line for the crucial score to win the match.
This win leaves Honiton in 5th place but with a trip to Crediton next week who are one of the bigger guns in the league they will have to be a lot sharper all round. The line outs must improve dramatically and they must also learn to make the right decisions i.e. if they are strong upfront and weak out wide this must be exploited.